Tech musings and insights

Classic technical debt. Classic backlog hostage.

Your next pair programmer doesn't sleep, doesn't get blocked, and writes code faster than you can review it. And that's exactly the point.

Building a transit booking app is more complex than it sounds. Here's what I learned this week about mobile security, database permissions, and how AI made it faster to figure out.

I'm working on a mobile app for a local non-profit using React Native, Expo, and Supabase. The velocity and cost-efficiency have me questioning something we often take for granted: when did separate native codebases become the default instead of the exception?

I just completed something that would have taken me 2-3 weeks of manual work - in less than a day.

While autonomy is vital, the truth is that even the most talented teams still need leadership.

Industrial Design taught me to look at the world through the lens of usability, human behavior, and the balance between form and function.

Many companies outside of the Pacific Northwest are understandably concerned about the state of the city I call home.